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MACHINE FOR MAKING BASKETS.

Patented Apr. 16, 1889.

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ISAAC J. W. ADAMS, OF LAUREL, DELAIVARE.

MACHINE FOR MAKING BASKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,403, dated April16, 1889.

Application filed November 2, 1888. Serial 110.289,?99. (No model.)

To all whom it 11mg concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC J OHN WooTTEN ADAMS, of Laurel, in the countyof Sussex and State of Delaware, have invented a new and ImprovedMachine for Making Baskets, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to basket making machines, the object of theinvention being to provide for the construction of a basket or carrierwherein the slats are secured to the hoops by fastening devices,preferably nails,

which are passed through the slats and into the hoops, the hoops beingheld in place by properly-located supports, which form parts of themachine, to be hereinafter described; and the invention consists in abasket form, as will be hereinafter specifically set forth and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved basket-makin g machine, thecompleted basket being shown in position within the machine. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the machine. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on line 420 0cof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged front view of the revoluble form, andFig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view representing a portion ofthe machine and a portion of a basket.

In the drawings, 10 represents a frame, which is provided with a numberof ribs, 11, the upper faces of said ribs being circular and of acontour which corresponds with that of the form used in connection withthe frame 10. To the outer faces of the front and rear ribs, 11, Iconnect guiding-plates 12, and in connection with each of the ribs 11, Iarrange a number of anti-friction rolls,'13.

The form in which the basket or carrier is to be shaped consists of twosimilar sections, A and B, the two sections being hinged together at a,and each section being provided with as many supporting-ribs, as 14, 14,and 14 as there are to be hoops upon the completed basket or carrier,the supporting ribs being connected bybolts 20,which run throughspacing-blocks 21; or any other proper means of connecting the ribscould be employed. lVhen the ribs 14., 14, and 14 of the twoformsections A and B are brought together, circular ribs are formed, theinternal peripheral faces of said ribs being of a size to fit closelyagainst one of the basket or carrier hoops, said hoops being held toplace by stops 3, secured to the outer faces of the ribs, and by otherstops or projections, 4, that are arranged as shown in the drawings, theinner peripheral faces of the ribs being protected by metallic plates15.

When the two form-sections A and B are moved to the position in whichthey are shown in the drawings, they are held to place by hooks 16, thatare rigidly connected to a shaft, 17, carried by the section A, saidhooks being arranged to engage projections 18, that are carried by thesection B.

In operation the outer hoops of the basket or carrier are placed onewithin each of the form-ribs. The splints or slats are then placed inposition and are secured to the hoops by nails or fastening devices,which are driven through the splints and into the hoops, the points ofthe fastening devices being turned over or clinched as they strikeagainst the metallic plates 15. As the work of making a basketprogresses, the form may be turned upon its supporting-base 10, as willbe readily understood, and, although the base 10 is an exceedinglyvaluable feature of the machine, it will of course be understood that itmight be dispensed with and the form used upon a plain horizontalsurface, and it will also be understood that the internal diameters ofthe ribs of the form would vary in accordance with the shape of thebasket or carrier to be made upon the form. 1

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A sectional form for making baskets or carriers,comprising semicircular metallic plates registering to form rings ofvarying diameter, provided on their inner faces with hoop -receivingspaces, semicircular spaced hinged ribs, to the inner faces of whichsaid plates are secured, and connecting bars or bolts securing thesemicircular ribs of each section together, substantially as set forth.

2. A form for making baskets or carriers,

comprising the two hinged sections each composed of semicircularmetallic plates having inward-projecting hoop-retaining projections orlugs and registering at their ends to form rings of varying internaldiameter, the semicircular spaced ribs, on the inner faces of which arethe said metallic plates, the bolts or bars securing the ribs of eachsection together, andafastening to secure the two hinged sectionstogether, said fastenings and the hinges lying Within the peripheries ofthe ribs to present an unbroken surface and allow of the rotation of theform, substantially as set forth.

3. A basket-machine comprising a station- ISAAC J. WV. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

ISAAC E. HEARN, WILLIAM S. VAUGHAN.

